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Its all go in the park this week as you can see above the bandstand work is under way new steel work is already in

and there are 4 men working on the project

Work is still on going with the band stand but there isn't much progress to see. It was explained at the stake holder meeting September 15th that they have put in place the steel work (in red) and with this racked up the roof a little to then remove the iron work so it can be taken away for repair and once this is done the roof can be lowered back down and the temporary steal work removed.

The actual dome as you can see has been removed by a crane and taken off site to be restored. Many of the wooden beams in the roof will need to be replaced and it will be a long job but is still on target to be finished in December

You can see in the picture taken September 16th 2009 all the scaffolding and steel work on the bandstand

There has been no work visible on site for the bandstand but much of this work is being done

off site and its still on track to finish in December 2009

A wonderful site of the band stand in Autumn with some of the new roof on and wonderful colour its a pity people can see the full effect behind the barriers but with a Fugi s1500 with 12X optical zoom we can get a good view of it

Brian Stubbs has found all these old pictures of the bandstand from about 2006. Thanks go to him for sharing these with us

Winter scenes of the bandstand as it was

Here we can see the state of the roof as it was before it was restored

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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Lost Arts the people who are rebuilding the band stand have provided us with some pictures of the work and band stand. Above you can see the state of the roof and dome before they started

The dome has now been restored at their factory with all new copper

The picture above shows the wood that holds the roof and this has given them a lot of problems as our bandstand was built by Baker which is rare normally they can remove the roof to rebuild it but our design makes this impossible

The main cast post that hold up the bandstand have been removed and some were rotten as water runs down the middle of them and this had blocked so they filled with water. A mould has been made so new one can be cast

Here is the final product the new cast post good as new

The vents from the top of the band stand have all been renewed and spaces have been left for the Bats to come back in as bats were living in the top in the past. All approved by the Bat conservation society

The ceiling rose which has been repaired

Finally the top of the bandstand being removed by a crane to be repaired